From the Hills and Hollers: FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES with Josh Brooks

Watch Trailer Director: Robert Tinnell
Cast: Skyler Gisondo, Madison Iseman, Joe Pantoliano

It’s Christmastime, 1983, in a small rust-belt town in the Monongahela River Valley. Tony Oliverio, a good Catholic boy from a large family, is on holiday break from the local community college where he’s enrolled in business classes so he can (reluctantly) take over the family grocery store after he graduates. One night, he bumps into Beth, a beautiful blonde Protestant girl, at a club and they hit it off. Only trouble is, Tony’s self-destructive ex-girlfriend (who’s still strongly in love with Tony) sets herself on a course of action that could make some waves for Tony and Beth’s budding relationship. There’s also the fact that Tony’s eccentric Catholic family isn’t quite ready to accept his hanging out with a Protestant girl, no matter how wonderful she might be. And, last but not least, Tony isn’t even sure if getting a business degree is the direction he wants to take in life. A lot can happen to a young man during winter break!

Starring Skyler Gisondo (Licorice Pizza), Madison Iseman, and Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos), and directed by West Virginia native Robert Tinnell, Feast of the Seven Fishes is a fun comedy about family ties and traditions and what it takes to find your own way in life.

About the Speaker

Joshua Brooks is a 35-year veteran of community and professional theater and film throughout middle Appalachia. He could not be more proud of his involvement in this unique, loving, and accurate story of romance and family in our strong and beautiful region. He was also apparently a “student” at THE Ohio University some years ago, but memories are “fuzzy”.

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This series is sponsored by the Ohio Honors Program, University Libraries, College of Health Sciences and Professions, The Department of Social and Public Health, GO Local, University College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Multicultural Center and The Black Student Cultural Programming Board, Center for Campus and Community Engagement, and The Women’s Center.